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Ayer SpanisHolidays “se vistió de etiqueta”. Este modismo lo utilizamos para indicar que alguien o algo se adapta a una situación en la que se requiere formas, protocolo y elegancia. No es que fuera a la ópera, no. Si no que por primera vez, lo presenté en una feria de turismo: el B-Travel, que es un encuentro internacional en Barcelona, del sector del turismo en  el que instituciones, países e iniciativas privadas presentan a sus países, y también exponen empresas de gestión turística en un espacio común.

AUDIO-ARTÍCULOS (Nivel B2-C1)

Un día de etiqueta

Joshua de Estados Unidos, nos comparte su experiencia con el aprendizaje del español y algunas recomendaciones para pronunciar la letra R. ¡Acompáñanos!

Tu espacio

Lo difícil de aprender un idioma. 

Un porcellino riesce a intrufolarsi dentro un gregge di pecore e inizia a vivere con loro. Un giorno il pastore prende il porcellino e quest'ultimo inizia a dibattersi e a urlare. Le pecore non capiscono il motivo del suo atteggiamento spaventato, ma il porcellino sa che cosa potrebbe succedergli...

Vittorio per Voi

Il porcellino e le pecore

The 80/20 Rule Language Learning Hack. The best way to use your limited time resources when learning a new language. ￼

The Language Journey

The 80/20 Rule Language Learning Hack

Tune in this week to learn six phrases in English. This episode is part two of “Cultural Differences and Communication: You Don’t Say?! Podcast.” Expanding your English vocabulary will allow you to communicate better with native English speakers. And as always, you’ll get some homework at the end so you can continue to improve your English communication skills.

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Episode originally published April 29, 2021.

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Express to Impress

Phrases in English for Language Learners

Learn about multiple meanings over 'get over' with this podcast episode!

All About English and How You Learn It!

Don't Be Shy About Using 'Get Over' In Your Speech!

In this podcast I talk briefly about the Beijing Winter Olympics and share some of my childhood memories of skiing and snowboarding.
Keywords in this episode
tricks
ski slope
chair lift
timberline
glacier
snow boarding
ski lodge
The Shining
Stanley Kubrick
Mount Hood 
adrenaline
abdominals
quads
frozen fingers
moguls
wipe out




Streetwise English

SWE 1 Beijing Winter Olympics & Childhood Skiing Memories

Parrots are known for being able to copy some of the sounds that people make — they might squawk "hello" or "how are you?" if they get used to hearing words and phrases like these. They might even say some rude things!

Some birds are also able to learn the names for objects — and identify them.

And a 5-year-old parrot in the US has been recognized by Guinness World Records after correctly identifying 12 objects in three minutes.

That record-breaking bird is an African gray parrot named Apollo, who lives in Florida. He can identify things like books, bugs and socks.

He's become popular on TikTok, where he has about 3 million followers. He also has around 1.5 million subscribers on his YouTube channel called "Apollo and Frens."

And a TikTok video of Apollo asking questions from 2023 has been watched 66 million times.

Apollo actually broke the record in 2023 but he's among the stars in the Guinness World Records book that was released in September.

The parrot is owned by a couple named Dalton and Victoria Mason. They're content creators and they've been working hard to train the bird.

The owners say they teach Apollo as if he were a child of preschool age.

"We teach him as much as we can," the couple told Guinness, adding that they focus on things that Apollo wants to focus on.

Researchers have found that some African gray parrots are able to do better at some cognitive tasks than 5-year-old children.

And Apollo's owners plan to keep teaching the bird to see how much he can learn and how many more records he can break.


